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obviously as we talked about with the strategic environment, the environment has changed. the threats and hazards and challenges have evolved and so we need to be in constant dialogue with each other about not only what is changing but how we change our approaches with respect to those. >> and i did want to get very directly to the next question which is about the changes and the threat environment, some of which you walked through. one is the increased emphasis and reframing on the bio threat and i'm interested in how that's evolved, if you think the threat has evolved or just the thinking about how the threat has evolved and more generally given the rapid evolution of the threat environment and the changing nature of how the risks lay out, how -- how challenging do you think that is to have a risk framework tied to an annual budget process but with a rapidly changing environment that's something the entire national security community is grappling with. and if you have lessons learned from the work that you all have done on risk management, it would be great to hear. >> w
obviously as we talked about with the strategic environment, the environment has changed. the threats and hazards and challenges have evolved and so we need to be in constant dialogue with each other about not only what is changing but how we change our approaches with respect to those. >> and i did want to get very directly to the next question which is about the changes and the threat environment, some of which you walked through. one is the increased emphasis and reframing on the bio...
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any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm to humanity. second, because every creature, particularly a living creature, has an intrinsic value. in its existence, its life, its beauty and its interdependence with other christians. -- with other creatures. we christians, together with the other monotheistic religions, believe that the universe is the fruit of a loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the creator. but he is not authorized to abuse it, much less is he authorized to destroy it. [applause] in all religions, the environment is a fundamental good. the misuse and destruction of the environment are also accompanied by a relentless process of exclusion. in effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged, either because they are differently abled, handicapped, or because they lack adequate information and technical ex
any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm to humanity. second, because every creature, particularly a living creature, has an intrinsic value. in its existence, its life, its beauty and its interdependence with other christians. -- with other creatures. we christians, together with the other monotheistic religions, believe that the universe is the fruit of a loving decision by the creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory...
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one of the things we learn from the fraud environment can be very helpful in this environment going forward if we want to find quantitative measures little qualitative measures will be there. the quantitative ones are more difficult. over time, how well can we measure what we stopped as opposed to what actually has gotten into our systems? on the fraud side we do that very well. in financial services because there is no way for us really to justify to management our expenses in fraud mitigation unless we can measure what we mitigate. what we prevented from occurring in the fraud environment and so we have done a good job defining what that should look at, how we measure that and we have done that essentially since 1997 and increasingly we are measuring that in the electronic environment and by way of example if we can do ten years from now what i'm about to say we can do since 1997 for fraud in the cyberincident versus breach space we have done well and that is in 1997 for every dollar of fraud we stopped within the demand deposit account environment we lost a dollar. in the last year for e
one of the things we learn from the fraud environment can be very helpful in this environment going forward if we want to find quantitative measures little qualitative measures will be there. the quantitative ones are more difficult. over time, how well can we measure what we stopped as opposed to what actually has gotten into our systems? on the fraud side we do that very well. in financial services because there is no way for us really to justify to management our expenses in fraud mitigation...
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the restaurant food environment. we focused on chain restaurants because they are standardized and created targets and set targets for food categories for 2012 and 2014. we created 62 packaged food targets and .5 restaurant food targets and invited industry to the table when the targets were discussed. they were part of the process and setting targets in nearly 30 food companies committed. plan was to analyze changes in sodium food over time, so we have updated these databases. it was launched in 2009, and here are examples of individual products. just to illustrate some of the big changes that were made over time. really demonstrated to us that this is a feasible way to engage with industry to have the conversation and to monitor and understand the impact. that said, we still have strongly encourage the federal government to be engaged in this and so we were absolutely thrilled on june 1, the fda announced voluntary guidance for, and included a model very much like ours and major cities throughout the united states
the restaurant food environment. we focused on chain restaurants because they are standardized and created targets and set targets for food categories for 2012 and 2014. we created 62 packaged food targets and .5 restaurant food targets and invited industry to the table when the targets were discussed. they were part of the process and setting targets in nearly 30 food companies committed. plan was to analyze changes in sodium food over time, so we have updated these databases. it was launched...
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impact that we've had on the environment and -- devastating impact that we've had on the environment. eliminating fossil fuel subsidies for big oil that frankly don't need government support, and ensuring e.p.a. has the resources it needs to help reduce our carbon footprint. we spent this last 45, 50 minutes, thank you very much for the opportunity to share the good news about the people's budget, progressive budget i hope that anyone who has -- budget. i hope that anyone who has need for additional information will seek this information out online. thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: i thank the gentlelady. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. foxx: thank you mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today too many americans struggle to realize the dream of higher education. our current system is unaffordable inflexible and outdated and it has resulted in too many students unable to complete college sad
impact that we've had on the environment and -- devastating impact that we've had on the environment. eliminating fossil fuel subsidies for big oil that frankly don't need government support, and ensuring e.p.a. has the resources it needs to help reduce our carbon footprint. we spent this last 45, 50 minutes, thank you very much for the opportunity to share the good news about the people's budget, progressive budget i hope that anyone who has -- budget. i hope that anyone who has need for...
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the time has come to recognize hostile work environments affect our employees on a day to day basis. all members of a team that allow the toxic environment to persist are complicit in the negative effects that decrease employee morale and productivity. the subtle nuances of a hostile work environment erodes human dignity and diminishes the potential of our most valued resource -- the people who care so deeply in the mission of the park service and their desire to reach their personal and professional aspirations. we owe this to our future generation of women and men leaders who our agency needs to guide us through our challenges. as i walk through my 32 years of service, i want to leave here today with a strong conviction of hope for the future generation of the park service conservation leaders that will not know what it is like to experience sexual harassment, gender and racial discrimination, sexism and hostile work environments. hope for national direction to encourage engagement of women and men at the smallest work unit to recognize and thwart negative behavior patterns. hope w
the time has come to recognize hostile work environments affect our employees on a day to day basis. all members of a team that allow the toxic environment to persist are complicit in the negative effects that decrease employee morale and productivity. the subtle nuances of a hostile work environment erodes human dignity and diminishes the potential of our most valued resource -- the people who care so deeply in the mission of the park service and their desire to reach their personal and...
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we are standing together as union members and environment of justice organizers. we are standing together as parents who are concerned about their children's future, grandparents concerned about their grandchild's future. we are putting forward the most forward thinking platform statement on the environment that either party has ever produced. [applause] sister grateful to my carol browner for all she did today to help us get this done. [applause] >> and to all the union leaders who dug down deep to help us get this done. am grateful to josh fox, my, he is inspiring. [applause] >> and i am grateful to phil mckibben and 350.org. [applause] >> and i am grateful to jane too. put as a man who helped president in the white house and help to hold the president to the highest ideals on keystone. it is part of why this is able to get done, because we as democrats cannot stand here like some in countries around the world and say not only will we aspire to do the right thing on the environment, but he will hold ourselves accountable to getting it done. that is how we save t
we are standing together as union members and environment of justice organizers. we are standing together as parents who are concerned about their children's future, grandparents concerned about their grandchild's future. we are putting forward the most forward thinking platform statement on the environment that either party has ever produced. [applause] sister grateful to my carol browner for all she did today to help us get this done. [applause] >> and to all the union leaders who dug...
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they want them to be able to maneuver in environments. those are the essentials of any military operation. when you overlay that on top of the complex world we live in, we want our soldiers to be able to operate and decide it is not whether you're going to hit the target, it is whether you should shoot or not shoot. the able to make decisions rapidly in a complex environment. that is what we are trying to achieve. host: you talked about civilian and military together. one of the replicas here is a metro station. why is it important to have that and how do you account for civilian -- dealing with civilians in the sky situations? guest: our soldiers have to be able to operate in all kinds of environments. what you saw it on their looks like a metro station and we've used it in the past for other things. we blow a better cars and of role in a flatbed railcar and it is a hidden gun that are said -- our soldiers a going to go after. the next a we put tanks on it and chemical weapons that are soldiers what to go after. we are able to tailor it
they want them to be able to maneuver in environments. those are the essentials of any military operation. when you overlay that on top of the complex world we live in, we want our soldiers to be able to operate and decide it is not whether you're going to hit the target, it is whether you should shoot or not shoot. the able to make decisions rapidly in a complex environment. that is what we are trying to achieve. host: you talked about civilian and military together. one of the replicas here...
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not only has he not hurt the environment, -- not helps the environment, he has hurt the economy. people don't trust this government to look out for our long-term interests. he hasn't convinced communities of the rightness of his pipelines, of the proposals he supported. he hasn't been working with first nations and the kinds of partnerships that are needed if her going to continue to develop national resources. canada will always have an element of natural resources but the job of the prime minister is to get those resources to market. in the 21st century it means being smart and responsible. mr. harper's inability to understand that is exactly why he's so struggled to get our economy growing in the right ways. mr. harper: let's be clear on what the record is. not only do we take the economy and the environment seriously we are the first government in history to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while growing the economy. how have we done that? we do that through a sector by sector regulatory approach, where we regulate absolute reductions and omissions and we do so in ways that wi
not only has he not hurt the environment, -- not helps the environment, he has hurt the economy. people don't trust this government to look out for our long-term interests. he hasn't convinced communities of the rightness of his pipelines, of the proposals he supported. he hasn't been working with first nations and the kinds of partnerships that are needed if her going to continue to develop national resources. canada will always have an element of natural resources but the job of the prime...
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that was geared specifically do towards the mars environment where the time delay doesn't it. allow the ground team to oesn't interact with the crew. so we're doing those.he we talked about taking away the windows and taking away window communication time.s it's interesting -- >> i bet the astronauts love stt that. >> they don't like that.o what they're willing to put up with o all these, i don't know, stressors in their life, right, but just to do it for fun as a test mission, they're not so e keen about that. so that's an interesting human g dynamic already. it's almost, a marathon yesterday, how many marathons dy you have to run before you're ue really ready to go to a marathon. are you good go to run 10 milesh miles, and then are you ready to run the marathon. the trick with mars is not do si much that you've reduced the tc risk to zero. we will not reduce all the risk to zero, but reduce the risk to, a low enough level that we're ready to go give it a shot. but it will not be risk-free on that first mission. >> i didn't see the psychological issues as one of the issues, t
that was geared specifically do towards the mars environment where the time delay doesn't it. allow the ground team to oesn't interact with the crew. so we're doing those.he we talked about taking away the windows and taking away window communication time.s it's interesting -- >> i bet the astronauts love stt that. >> they don't like that.o what they're willing to put up with o all these, i don't know, stressors in their life, right, but just to do it for fun as a test mission,...
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not only has he not hurt the environment, -- not helps the environment, he has hurt the economy. people don't trust this government to look out for our long-term interests. he hasn't convinced communities of the rightness of his pipelines, of the proposals he supported. he hasn't been working with first nations and the kinds of partnerships that are needed if her going to continue to develop national resources. canada will always have an element of natural resources, but the job of the prime minister is to get those resources to market. in the 21st century it means being smart and responsible. mr. harper's inability to understand that is exactly why he's so struggled to get our economy growing in the right ways. mr. harper: let's be clear on what the record is. not only do we take the economy and the environment seriously, we are the first government in history to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while growing the economy. how have we done that? we do that through a sector by sector regulatory approach, where we regulate absolute reductions and omissions, and we do so in ways that
not only has he not hurt the environment, -- not helps the environment, he has hurt the economy. people don't trust this government to look out for our long-term interests. he hasn't convinced communities of the rightness of his pipelines, of the proposals he supported. he hasn't been working with first nations and the kinds of partnerships that are needed if her going to continue to develop national resources. canada will always have an element of natural resources, but the job of the prime...
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but there's a role for you to play, too in this current environment. i cite those examples because i think that's what they are. examples. not unique to boston or new york city. new york city itself is a pretty resilient tough place. people don't panic, but they're examples and i think they're shining examples and models for the rest of the country. >> steve from the washington times. >> i wanted to ask you about countries taking back their d r depd deportees. there's a lot of finish capitol hill. you have 170 days left in your -- in this administration. will you, during that time, invoke the 243-d power you have to have the state department impose visa sanctions and other sanctions on those recacountrie. cuba is probably the worst offender. why did you all not insist on those talks be part of reestablishing diplomatic relations with cuba? >> two things. first, in terms of 243, don't know yet. we have done a number of things with the state department and n in -- to step up the pressure for them to take those who have been ordered deported back. deporta
but there's a role for you to play, too in this current environment. i cite those examples because i think that's what they are. examples. not unique to boston or new york city. new york city itself is a pretty resilient tough place. people don't panic, but they're examples and i think they're shining examples and models for the rest of the country. >> steve from the washington times. >> i wanted to ask you about countries taking back their d r depd deportees. there's a lot of...
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that impacts the school environment and the community environment. these are environments we would like to work on. finally we would like to work on making sure we make the common threads in our initiative bullying prevention, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention. these are all high-priority aspects of our safety priority planning. they are built around the framework of resilience and problem solving and health seeking. the more that we reinforce those concepts for kids, the safer our school should be and ultimately free from the impacts of bully. i think that might be it. thank you. [applause] thank you so much. we appreciate all of your great efforts to get here. you're wonderful. so, i work with a team and we administer the readiness and emergency management for school technical assistance center. we are joined by those who can help you answer any questions. this is a hub of information and services and resources and training and technical assistance all supporting the development of high-quality, emergency operation plan. the overall co
that impacts the school environment and the community environment. these are environments we would like to work on. finally we would like to work on making sure we make the common threads in our initiative bullying prevention, suicide prevention, substance abuse prevention. these are all high-priority aspects of our safety priority planning. they are built around the framework of resilience and problem solving and health seeking. the more that we reinforce those concepts for kids, the safer our...
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kabul and afghanistan are are complex, involving environments. the security situation is deteriorated. the numbers of desks have gone up. the movement and post needs in and around an ongoing construction project have continued to evolve. those projects were awarded since i have been there. i have watched the team work tirelessly with colleagues if dip lolomatic security to do the best they can. >> the security isn't even in the meetings. >> and keep the project moving forward. >> i think the engineering study is a valid point. diplomatic security was invited. there were no diplomatic security items added to the value engineering list. >> that's the point of having them in the meeting is to get their perspective in a high risk assessment. we have been therer for more than a decade. i want to give mr. courts and mr. hayes an opportunity to offer perspective. then i need to allow others to answer questions. >> i would first acknowledge that kabul is a challenging environment. there is no way to limb naught all risk especially in a place like afg. th
kabul and afghanistan are are complex, involving environments. the security situation is deteriorated. the numbers of desks have gone up. the movement and post needs in and around an ongoing construction project have continued to evolve. those projects were awarded since i have been there. i have watched the team work tirelessly with colleagues if dip lolomatic security to do the best they can. >> the security isn't even in the meetings. >> and keep the project moving forward....
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these instruments will help scientists investigate the chemical makeup of u rope pa's environment. last july, scientists confirmed this discovery of kepler 452 b the first near earth size plan net the habitable zone around a sun like star. this discovery marks another milestone in the journey to find another earth. the transiting exoplanet survey which will launch in 2017 and the telescope in 2018 will help scientists discover more planets with biosignatures in their atmosphere. around the world a relatively small number of astronomers monster radio emissions throughout the universe. they try to filter out the cosmic noise and interference to find anomalies that could mean life. this motivates students to study math, science, engineering and computer science. a few months ago astronomers confirmed that tom wag, a 15-year-old student discovered an exoplanet which orbits a star 1,000 light years away. it is in our few man nature to seek out the unknown and discover the universe around us. the stars compel us to look upward and lead us from this world to another. many americans often
these instruments will help scientists investigate the chemical makeup of u rope pa's environment. last july, scientists confirmed this discovery of kepler 452 b the first near earth size plan net the habitable zone around a sun like star. this discovery marks another milestone in the journey to find another earth. the transiting exoplanet survey which will launch in 2017 and the telescope in 2018 will help scientists discover more planets with biosignatures in their atmosphere. around the...
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additionally the membership is cognizant of the need to protect the environment. this is of course our primary focus. we strongly support reducing aviation's already strong percentage of the contributions to greenhouse gases while preserving the viability of the airline industry. these goals are complementary as fuel and efficiency continue to improve, economic viability is enhanced. air transportation is a significant portion of the transportation system here in north america. u.s. airlines transport about 775 million passengers and carry it out 23 million tons of freight and mail each year. aviation arguably has the most successful record of any in the economy limiting its impact on the environment while simultaneously increasing productivity. airlines have greatly reduced carbon-based emissions forever advancing technology that reduces fuel burned in emissions of the gases and particulates. we also use the frames that are lighter, stronger and create less fuel burning drag. as compared to 1972, the north american airline industry now carries six times more payl
additionally the membership is cognizant of the need to protect the environment. this is of course our primary focus. we strongly support reducing aviation's already strong percentage of the contributions to greenhouse gases while preserving the viability of the airline industry. these goals are complementary as fuel and efficiency continue to improve, economic viability is enhanced. air transportation is a significant portion of the transportation system here in north america. u.s. airlines...
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national security environments. two retired navy officers looked at whether the vessels were the most effective and efficient maritime defense strategy for the u.s. military. this is just over an hour. >> food >> good evening. i'm c.c.felker. on behalf of superintendent vice admiral ted carr, i want to welcome those flag officers and navy senior civilian leaders escaped the beltway to join us our distinguish faculty in the indianapolis economy, and most of all our midshipmen, who are the real reason we're here tonight. i'd like to recognize lieutenant commander claude bareby for respond forring this event. he's continued the transformation of the naval academy museum to a more active educational medium for the midshipmen. tonight's debate is representative of his energy and imagination. i'd also like to thank the u.s. naval institute for live streaming this event on twitter. this debate is being followed on #carrierdebate. i'd also like to thank c-span for being here. the importance of an informed public, especially
national security environments. two retired navy officers looked at whether the vessels were the most effective and efficient maritime defense strategy for the u.s. military. this is just over an hour. >> food >> good evening. i'm c.c.felker. on behalf of superintendent vice admiral ted carr, i want to welcome those flag officers and navy senior civilian leaders escaped the beltway to join us our distinguish faculty in the indianapolis economy, and most of all our midshipmen, who...
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the environment is where we live, play, work, and worship. we are part of the environment. we can change our environment very rapidly. when we think about that big picture environmental change, we've got to make it local. even as we realize all these changes globally, what is super interesting is that has local effects we can look at right now. especially for washington, d.c., we are connected to the coasts in a way we do not think about all the time. we will get into that with the speakers. i was establishing the climate baseline before we get into the climate talk. i appreciate everyone being here. has anybody been to a glacier or an iceberg? very cool. we have a crowd that has had in-depth, personal experience with icebergs. i love it. during the reception later, i am blown away by what we have pulled together with this exhibit. we will have each of the speakers give a short presentation with slides. and then we will have a discussion and take questions from the audience. please think of great questions for the panelists. i will introduce our speakers and they will stand
the environment is where we live, play, work, and worship. we are part of the environment. we can change our environment very rapidly. when we think about that big picture environmental change, we've got to make it local. even as we realize all these changes globally, what is super interesting is that has local effects we can look at right now. especially for washington, d.c., we are connected to the coasts in a way we do not think about all the time. we will get into that with the speakers. i...
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one, it was clear to us that the environment in which we operated had changed. number two, our capabilities as an organization had changed as well. and three equally important, was there was this convergence on transnational criminal organizations and terrorism. and we need to figure out how we were going to prepare the organization and prepare our defenses on the border against these emergeing threats. that's what started this strategic shift. so as many of you probably saw, we published the strategy in the spring of 2012 and moved quickly to implementation. one of the criticisms from gao at the time was the border patrol doesn't have a timeline for implementation, they don't have a plan for implementation. what was happening was changing our operations as we were developing the strategy. we were going to weigh it as a procedure or a process but we wanted to move forward very quickly, and as we were learning about our strategic shift, we were making operational adjustments on the fly. we did that throughout. we didn't stop and have an 1450i68 18-month planning
one, it was clear to us that the environment in which we operated had changed. number two, our capabilities as an organization had changed as well. and three equally important, was there was this convergence on transnational criminal organizations and terrorism. and we need to figure out how we were going to prepare the organization and prepare our defenses on the border against these emergeing threats. that's what started this strategic shift. so as many of you probably saw, we published the...
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our instrument was to a hostile workplace environment and gender discrimination. we tried to develop questions and pretested it with men and women that would capture men and women experiences. i think we captured a lot of male experiences. our estimates from our survey suggest are more men that are sexually harassed or sexual assault and harassed than there are women. we got a lot of them. >> if i may, you have to be careful in terms of trend. tried to maintain previous questions with the new questions to get at the heart of some of the issues more so but there is data, a lot of data going back years including on male victims but dod had not used it. that's an issue. as they report to congress is hundreds and hundreds of pages of data and even more behind that but it's being from gao, we like to see the data driven and data available regarding male victims and dod needs to capitalize on that in order to determine where does that fit in this prevention strategy? >> i work for the coast guard. my question is twofold. we did participate in the 2014 study so i would a
our instrument was to a hostile workplace environment and gender discrimination. we tried to develop questions and pretested it with men and women that would capture men and women experiences. i think we captured a lot of male experiences. our estimates from our survey suggest are more men that are sexually harassed or sexual assault and harassed than there are women. we got a lot of them. >> if i may, you have to be careful in terms of trend. tried to maintain previous questions with the...
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environment. end quote. because of these concerns the question is quote possibly making opm environment less secure and increasing the cost to taxpayers. they awarded a seoul source contract without going through the process of complete competition. i would like to enter into the record without objection this article from the "washington post." this is may 13th. defense firm that employed drunk high contractors in of gan stan may have wasted $135 million in taxpayer dollars. these are the recipients of a seoul source contract to try to help clean up this mess. they were formerly known as scientific corporation. they're now known as impeer tus corporation. they have a good list of very impressive military personnel who are involved and engaged. maybe this is the right decision. but when it is a seoul source contract it begs a lot of questions. no doubt we need to move fast but this organization has had a lot of problems in the past and it begs a lot of questions. noigs data security problem we have
environment. end quote. because of these concerns the question is quote possibly making opm environment less secure and increasing the cost to taxpayers. they awarded a seoul source contract without going through the process of complete competition. i would like to enter into the record without objection this article from the "washington post." this is may 13th. defense firm that employed drunk high contractors in of gan stan may have wasted $135 million in taxpayer dollars. these are...
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obviously, as we talked about with the strategic environment, the environment has changed. the threats and hazards and judges havchallenges have evolvo we need to be in constant dialogue with each other about not only what is changing but how we change our approaches with respect to those. >> and i did want to get very drunk at the next question is about th the changes and the threatened by the, some of which you walk through. one that sort of popped out as we look at here at csis is that the increased emphasis and reframing on the bio threat. some interested on how that's a bald any thinking of you think the threat has evolved or think about the threat has evolved. and more generally, you know, given the rapid evolution of the threat environment and the changing nature of how the risks lay out, how challenging do you think that is to have a risk framework type to an annual budget process with a rapidly changing environment that something the entire national security team grappling with? and to give lessons learned from the work that you'll have done on risk management it w
obviously, as we talked about with the strategic environment, the environment has changed. the threats and hazards and judges havchallenges have evolvo we need to be in constant dialogue with each other about not only what is changing but how we change our approaches with respect to those. >> and i did want to get very drunk at the next question is about th the changes and the threatened by the, some of which you walk through. one that sort of popped out as we look at here at csis is that...
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referring to the situation such as working in a work environment such as factory environments or maybe the military. the probability of perpetrators is increased in the major abusive behavior. with a broader context of victimization of the social structures for example, they may be less likely than others to have educational resources or other forms of social power it reflects that cultural contact and cultural attitudes such as blame the victim attitude which allow people to understand that has happened for a purpose. the routine activity theory or lifestyle very comes from criminal-justice literature that's all the abuse of experience. with the victimization occurs with motivated offenders situated in the environment that can protect those targets that motivated offenders but not always to hold misogynist attitudes. those as well as harassment are motivated to be engendered social dominance. in addition personalities such as insecure attachment for a high a need for control often paid with insecure attachment issues ended is not only risk factor but also to become a perpetrator of se
referring to the situation such as working in a work environment such as factory environments or maybe the military. the probability of perpetrators is increased in the major abusive behavior. with a broader context of victimization of the social structures for example, they may be less likely than others to have educational resources or other forms of social power it reflects that cultural contact and cultural attitudes such as blame the victim attitude which allow people to understand that...
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so what do we see from the children in this type of environment? the social emotional and behavioral skills that we all want to see from all of our children. we see more compliance and cooperation, we see more engagement and participation, we see a safe and clean environment, safe and supportive faculty, student interactions. so what do we do with adults and what do we want to see? promoting positive factors and decreasing the risk factors that exist. so the focus has been for years is looking at this cycle and how can we move it to a more positive approach? how do we as adults behave and organize the environment to promote more positive outcomes? this is an important conversation because when we're looking at everyone's engaged in change and reform now, everyone is trying to make every school a better place for all of our children. so -- and what do we know about change? we know that change is really difficult. right? and it takes a lot of time and energy. so it's important for us to look at, is there any way that we can jumpstart change? is there
so what do we see from the children in this type of environment? the social emotional and behavioral skills that we all want to see from all of our children. we see more compliance and cooperation, we see more engagement and participation, we see a safe and clean environment, safe and supportive faculty, student interactions. so what do we do with adults and what do we want to see? promoting positive factors and decreasing the risk factors that exist. so the focus has been for years is looking...
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the health of the environment, wealth of the farmer. the problem is, we don't have a price on carbon. so sequestering it doesn't do you any good. it can't get me any money so why would i do it? that's a great example of a brain dead incentive system. now, you walk over the hill and people will be talking about, we can't rest carbon for all kinds of different reasons. at the end of the day, it's really, really impractical for us to not do that. we could make so much money if we did. and so many people would be so much better off. sugar. i'm not saying we should treat sugar like tobacco. however, i'll leave it at that. so look, let me wrap it up and simply say that the two strategic questions that i asked, how do we address the fundamental, the underlying problem of access and affordability to create a situation that improves health and drives wealth creation. we need to realign our incentive systems in many ways we discussed. we need to use data and evidence to do it you we need to build on what works, we need to invest on a scale that w
the health of the environment, wealth of the farmer. the problem is, we don't have a price on carbon. so sequestering it doesn't do you any good. it can't get me any money so why would i do it? that's a great example of a brain dead incentive system. now, you walk over the hill and people will be talking about, we can't rest carbon for all kinds of different reasons. at the end of the day, it's really, really impractical for us to not do that. we could make so much money if we did. and so many...
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harper is failed on the environment and build on economy. mr. mulcair continues to say different things in both languages but i will say that on energy, i've consist of city needs to gain social license and the conservatives criticize me when they're in governments i don't know what mr. harper is talking about in terms of that. [talking over each other] transport exactly opposite. is easy to find that quote online. may: i still do not know where you stand on kinder morgan. loaded with diluted bitumen. we know regardless of what kind of process that goes through it should not go ahead. it must be stopped. mulcair: this is part of my track record people are free to consult. when i was finished at environment i didn't want to look at it because of the danger of those tankers in st. louis, the same approach to northern gateway and the dangers tankers in the douglas joe. with these other projects went to be able to look at them objectively with thorough, credible environment assessment processes. i am taking a decision you can study these projects to
harper is failed on the environment and build on economy. mr. mulcair continues to say different things in both languages but i will say that on energy, i've consist of city needs to gain social license and the conservatives criticize me when they're in governments i don't know what mr. harper is talking about in terms of that. [talking over each other] transport exactly opposite. is easy to find that quote online. may: i still do not know where you stand on kinder morgan. loaded with diluted...
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80% adulteration by added sugar, it is awfully hard to change her behavior in a toxic environment. the toxic environment has to improve in order for you to be able to manifest those changes in behavior. that is what i would say. >> and to sustain them over time. that is all, thank you. >> that is all the time we have. i would like to remind you -- rob will stick around a little bit to sign his book. finally, i would like to thank him. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> you are talking about litigation -- span, two up on c- supreme court justices. we begin with clarence thomas. he talks about his life before and after his appointment. kagan on the workings of the nation's highest court and that dedication ceremony for the winston churchill bust in the nations capital. and the head of google research shows how computers are being designed to learn. on the next "washington journal," a reporter discusses efforts to raise the minimum wage. than an author looks at his book " america
80% adulteration by added sugar, it is awfully hard to change her behavior in a toxic environment. the toxic environment has to improve in order for you to be able to manifest those changes in behavior. that is what i would say. >> and to sustain them over time. that is all, thank you. >> that is all the time we have. i would like to remind you -- rob will stick around a little bit to sign his book. finally, i would like to thank him. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning...
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we can and should continue to look for ways to protect our environment. these efforts must be open, transparent and based on sound science. only then can the american people decide whether the cost of epa's regulatory agenda is supported by the facts. that concludes my opening statement and the ranking member the gentleman from texas is recognized for her opening statement. >> thank you very much and good morning. i am very pleased to welcome administrator mccarthy to this hearing. she has had a distinguished record at the environmental protection agency being selected to epa administrator and by all accounts she has done an exemplary job since assuming the position. while i think her record performance and integrity speak for themselves i thought it was important to review the mission of the agency. first the mission of epa is to protect human health and the environment. as someone who worked in public health before he entered politics, i can think of no mission of the federal government that is more important or noble than that. as a member of congress
we can and should continue to look for ways to protect our environment. these efforts must be open, transparent and based on sound science. only then can the american people decide whether the cost of epa's regulatory agenda is supported by the facts. that concludes my opening statement and the ranking member the gentleman from texas is recognized for her opening statement. >> thank you very much and good morning. i am very pleased to welcome administrator mccarthy to this hearing. she...
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time that could have been spent protecting the environment and people's health. mr. grijalva from arizona. the chair: how much time? mr. holt: two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. let me thank my colleague from new jersey for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, it's our responsibility, our sung guelar responsibility as members of congress to protect the health and well-being of the american people. voting yes to this legislation would do just the opposite. h.r. 2824 is not only poisonous to our pristine rivers and waterways, but harmful to the health and women being of the american people. h.r. 2824 is wrong at many levels. first it seeks to lock in a 2008 bush administration rule that virtually eliminates the buffer zone protecting streams from mine waste. just last month a federal court ruled that the 2008 rule that this legislation seeks to lock in was unflaul because it risked the federally protected endangered and threatened species. the problem with this bill isn't just limited to
time that could have been spent protecting the environment and people's health. mr. grijalva from arizona. the chair: how much time? mr. holt: two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from arizona is recognized for two minutes. mr. grijalva: thank you, mr. speaker. let me thank my colleague from new jersey for yielding me the time. mr. speaker, it's our responsibility, our sung guelar responsibility as members of congress to protect the health and well-being of the american people. voting yes to...
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you have all served and been in this environment. and you continue -- continue your services for their well-being -- one thing i know you all support, senator gillibrand's proposal. right now, the way the system worked, the commander who has the authority of being a convening authority. we have not taken them out of command but we take away that piece of what they do. we have heard testimony from a lot of panels and a lot of people and the way it worked right now is the commander who tends to the case, the general court-martial which is more than a year in jail must do so, with the advice of a senior legal advisor, whoever that advocate is in the field. the testimony shows that those decisions are made together, in 95% of the case. the last time you read the testimony provided back in january, the officers there could not think of a case where they disagreed with the senior lawyer weighing the evidence with what cannot in the article to investigation, whether they should proceed to a trial or not. on the table it takes the convening
you have all served and been in this environment. and you continue -- continue your services for their well-being -- one thing i know you all support, senator gillibrand's proposal. right now, the way the system worked, the commander who has the authority of being a convening authority. we have not taken them out of command but we take away that piece of what they do. we have heard testimony from a lot of panels and a lot of people and the way it worked right now is the commander who tends to...
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the environment has been hard hit by this and we cannot afford to damage the environment in this way. and weriminal activity fear that might be happening in other sectors, too. be an't what that to little. -- a loophole. loopholes should be closed. we need to investigate all of that, we need to be thorough and we must make sure this doesn't happen again in the future. indeed. you, very much now you have the floor on behalf of the commission. >> madam president and honorable members. i'm grateful for having the opportunity to have this point of agenda and to explain to you the actions of the european commission for the last 10 days. we face a very difficult case of fraud. a fraud of one company. put in the state public trust in european cars. it put at stake the credibility of our legal system and the potential to affect consumers and the environment. these are backbones of the european actions and regulations. i believe that we will be able to overcome it. i think the european parliament for giving me the opportunity to share this information, and those at the beginning i want to say
the environment has been hard hit by this and we cannot afford to damage the environment in this way. and weriminal activity fear that might be happening in other sectors, too. be an't what that to little. -- a loophole. loopholes should be closed. we need to investigate all of that, we need to be thorough and we must make sure this doesn't happen again in the future. indeed. you, very much now you have the floor on behalf of the commission. >> madam president and honorable members. i'm...
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article nine also create createn organization to not contaminate the space environment. under article six of the same treatment as aides believed the states are responsible for the activity of non- governmental actors and required to authorize and continually supervise these activities. this is an expert in a position in international law but it generally does not hold of the states responsible for the activities of the non- governmental actors. this provision gives the states an affirmative obligation to oversee the non- governmental actors to ensure they behave responsibly in space. as i've already mentioned these provisions are substantially undefined. they require states to engage in activities in such a manner to preserve to space exploration by all for peaceful purposes. however the provisions lead to the contours that constitute responsible behavior of the state who traditionally cooperate and coordinate on an ad hoc basis. notably the provisions failed to set meaningful limits on the creation of orbital debris. the united states has been a leader in the developme
article nine also create createn organization to not contaminate the space environment. under article six of the same treatment as aides believed the states are responsible for the activity of non- governmental actors and required to authorize and continually supervise these activities. this is an expert in a position in international law but it generally does not hold of the states responsible for the activities of the non- governmental actors. this provision gives the states an affirmative...
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as i said, our changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will need to be the dominant were fighting environment, bringing with it a unique set of challenges. those challenges, i believe, deal with precision. , mountain, of desert bejungle warfare, you could less precise in terms of the application of military power. in the day and age of urban , and we see this in the these werehdad, urban areas. as we see more of the population an urbanization effect, the precision of our capability will be key. the other way i describe it is understanding. it should be a principal of war. one of the lessons learned from , ourast decade of war failure to understand the operation environment led to a mismatch of resources and capabilities apply to that environment. as we move into a different operational environment, and this is one that is emergent, and we have to have a better and we will have to be very precise applying management. it is everything we do. in terms of taking it back to find deficiencies and need a new threat environment at t
as i said, our changing operational environment demands new approaches. urban terrain will need to be the dominant were fighting environment, bringing with it a unique set of challenges. those challenges, i believe, deal with precision. , mountain, of desert bejungle warfare, you could less precise in terms of the application of military power. in the day and age of urban , and we see this in the these werehdad, urban areas. as we see more of the population an urbanization effect, the precision...
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it's a very high traffic environment. >> are these unprotected fields? >> there's guards there watching them. they're not just out working alone, but there's no prison fence there. it's up to the guard to keep up with them. what you have is an environment which on this record on page 101 of the joint appendix is we're not like california, we're not like new york. they have cellblock housing, and there is no instance in which the government or the petitioner has said -- challenged that as to maximum security facilities. that's a big difference in the nature of how our institution runs. we think deference means anything -- it means you don't have to copy the prison policies of other states who don't even have the similar security concerns. >> did you establish that arkansas is unlike all these other states, that the other states don't have barracks, they don't have people going out to work in the field? i thought that that was not so, that there are other prisons that operate similarly with housing and having the prisoners work on a farm. >> two things in
it's a very high traffic environment. >> are these unprotected fields? >> there's guards there watching them. they're not just out working alone, but there's no prison fence there. it's up to the guard to keep up with them. what you have is an environment which on this record on page 101 of the joint appendix is we're not like california, we're not like new york. they have cellblock housing, and there is no instance in which the government or the petitioner has said -- challenged...
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as is the wide array of terrorist actors that is driving this environment. they can reach into the west and even into the united states. the emergence of iraq and syria and extremist battlefield and isil is related expansion is brought about changes in that landscape. the emergence of new groups in the wake of the arab uprising since 2011 has also altered the threat picture as most of those groups are focused more on achieving local gains in their regions. we are also experiencing a new level of specialization and fragmentation within the larger terrorism landscape. we believe we might be entering into an era which centralized leadership of terrorist groups matters less than it did previously. we may be entering a time in which group affiliation and identity is more fluid. extremist narratives are more focused on a wider range of agreements as enemies. as paris showed us this may be a time which personal connections on individual terrorists may be more relevant to their plodding than individual group affiliations or identity. even in this dynamic and increas
as is the wide array of terrorist actors that is driving this environment. they can reach into the west and even into the united states. the emergence of iraq and syria and extremist battlefield and isil is related expansion is brought about changes in that landscape. the emergence of new groups in the wake of the arab uprising since 2011 has also altered the threat picture as most of those groups are focused more on achieving local gains in their regions. we are also experiencing a new level...
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it's also important that we recognize how interrelated our environments are. environments are. usually:]oom8h7a i start myc how connected we are ecologically. our marine echo systems in the florida straits are extremely tightly connected. the objectives i will just mention a few. one is to promote sustainable development based upon cooperation and mutually supportive environmental and economic policies to increase the cooperation between parties to better preserve -- the great bio diversity in these countries. in the case of nafta and our trade agreements with chile and peru, it's critical that environmental policy does not create trade distortions or trade barriers and finally another objective is to strengthen cooperation on development and improvement of environmental laws. i'm a lawyer. although i work mostly with cuban scientist and my own team is comprised mostly of scientists. i got started in cuba by looking at their very impressive suite of environmental laws. it could and should be updated and would benefit if there was cooperation between our two countries. i'll als
it's also important that we recognize how interrelated our environments are. environments are. usually:]oom8h7a i start myc how connected we are ecologically. our marine echo systems in the florida straits are extremely tightly connected. the objectives i will just mention a few. one is to promote sustainable development based upon cooperation and mutually supportive environmental and economic policies to increase the cooperation between parties to better preserve -- the great bio diversity in...
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shim kas, the chairman of the environment and economy subcommittee. >> thank you for recognizing me, i, too, want to welcome administrator mccarthy. i appreciate your willingness to work with us on the past on such things as electronics emission of hazardous waste manifest, that can be very helpful. as i spoke to you earlier, we look forward to collaborating with you on the coal ash collaboration and toxic substance control act. it's not just an administrative exercising while we do bean counting. while we don't write the checks the agency cashes, most of the major legal authority that underpins the work delegated to the agency rests within in this committee. today's hearing gives us a chance to compare the agency's individual budget request with epa's underlying statutory authority. as a legislator i have many questions where i think more investigation is needed to eval evaluate how mandates are being carried out. i have questions about the statutory nexus with the following budget requests and policies that are being implemented. like the clean power plan, the climate-ready water u
shim kas, the chairman of the environment and economy subcommittee. >> thank you for recognizing me, i, too, want to welcome administrator mccarthy. i appreciate your willingness to work with us on the past on such things as electronics emission of hazardous waste manifest, that can be very helpful. as i spoke to you earlier, we look forward to collaborating with you on the coal ash collaboration and toxic substance control act. it's not just an administrative exercising while we do bean...
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i know that democratic senators will come down here and talk about the environment. this is the last of five environmental studies. it has been published since january of this year, january. senator hoeven and i waited to introduce our bill. he kept coming to me, saying should we introduce our bill. i kept going to him, should we introduce our bill? let's give them a little bit more time. don't want to really rush it. it's been six years, you know. we have tried to be patient. finally, by may, after this had been, you know, published, that says clearly there is negligible environmental impact from president obama's own state department and e.p.a. they said it's much easier, safer and cleaner to transport this oil by pipeline than it is to put it on barges going down the mississippi river, which we are at the end of, we would know about this. it's safer than putting it on rail cars that go through towns. it could potentially blow up. that's what they say. i know people don't want to read it, but that's what this says. so it's not for export. it is a partnership with o
i know that democratic senators will come down here and talk about the environment. this is the last of five environmental studies. it has been published since january of this year, january. senator hoeven and i waited to introduce our bill. he kept coming to me, saying should we introduce our bill. i kept going to him, should we introduce our bill? let's give them a little bit more time. don't want to really rush it. it's been six years, you know. we have tried to be patient. finally, by may,...
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he said -- i said, have you ever tested the environment, the upper air environment. yes, he said, on 9/11. i remember those days. 9/11, four days, no jets flew. the air got clean because the -- and he said the other thing is that the jets, if you've ever stand beside a road and a semi goes by going 65 miles per hour, that knocks you off your feet. what do you think a jet flying at 35,000 feet the size of a football field does to the turbulence of the atmosphere? nothing's ever brought up because most of the elites of the country and the people fly in those jets. >> host: all right. >> guest: well, tom, thanks for the call. you know, you're right. when you look at the sources of air pollution, relatively thinking, there's little attention paid to airline, air travel jets, as you say, and it's probably the far -- the fastest growing -- shouldn't say "probably," but it is the fastest growing source of carbon pollution and fastest growing critter to climate change around the world, and most of the agreement that have been put into place international agreements, they don
he said -- i said, have you ever tested the environment, the upper air environment. yes, he said, on 9/11. i remember those days. 9/11, four days, no jets flew. the air got clean because the -- and he said the other thing is that the jets, if you've ever stand beside a road and a semi goes by going 65 miles per hour, that knocks you off your feet. what do you think a jet flying at 35,000 feet the size of a football field does to the turbulence of the atmosphere? nothing's ever brought up...
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in this type of environment. the social and emotional and behavioral skills that we want to see from our children. more in a basement in participation. how safe and clean environment. faculty student interaction. what do we want to see? promoting a positive factor and decreasing the risk factor so the focus has been for years looking at this cycle and how can we move into a more positive approach? how do we as adults behavior and organize the environment to create positive outcomes? this is an important consideration. everyone is trying to make every school a better place for our children. so -- and what do we know about change? it is difficult to and takes a lot of time and energy. so it is important for us -- is there any way that we can jump-start a change? is there any way that we can make it faster or less intensive one of the ideas that we are seeing, looking as cool climates, one of the ways that we can do this is to look at where this coercive cycle is and move this from a primarily negative cycle to a mo
in this type of environment. the social and emotional and behavioral skills that we want to see from our children. more in a basement in participation. how safe and clean environment. faculty student interaction. what do we want to see? promoting a positive factor and decreasing the risk factor so the focus has been for years looking at this cycle and how can we move into a more positive approach? how do we as adults behavior and organize the environment to create positive outcomes? this is an...
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to be able to replicate any environment we might have to fight in. as we said, we are in virginia and that is where we live. we are stationed in the united states. the center is located here, so it is convenient and easy to train on. really what you said is far from the truth. we want to be able to replicate any environment where our soldiers might be able to fight. as a said earlier, we used to train very rudimentary training facilities with simple concrete buildings and our soldiers were not prepared as well as they could of been by just adding a little bit of texture. this facility is designed to increase soldier survivability and save lives in combat. that is what it is for. i think if we put it in that context, that is what the u.s. army is doing with this facility. (202) 748-8000 for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. for mountain and pacific, (202) 748-8001. for active military, (202) 748-8002. our guest is colonel john petkosek. john from pennsylvania, you are up next. caller: hi. i am concerned like the last caller. i sell y
to be able to replicate any environment we might have to fight in. as we said, we are in virginia and that is where we live. we are stationed in the united states. the center is located here, so it is convenient and easy to train on. really what you said is far from the truth. we want to be able to replicate any environment where our soldiers might be able to fight. as a said earlier, we used to train very rudimentary training facilities with simple concrete buildings and our soldiers were not...
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talk about one of the most challenging environments. the last thing you want is somebody holding out this pin machine reaching out of your car window. maybe it does not work there, but let's go back to my example at midnight at the drive-through. if somebody is ordering $200 worth of gift cards at $100 worth of hamburgers, i may be suspicious about the transaction. for me to have that choice, the pin has to be on the project, which is not the roadmap we have chosen the u.s. i think it is important for e-commerce transactions, too. we had the last g-20 nation to go to emb. because we have done this so late, we had all the more opportunities to improve the experience with better technology. one of those being the ability to ask for pins in an e-commerce environment. i had a couple merchants role that outlasts year, and they are not seeing the benefit because some of the card networks and issuers have not agreed to support that technology for online e-commerce transactions, so i think we need to get better at that and moved to support thos
talk about one of the most challenging environments. the last thing you want is somebody holding out this pin machine reaching out of your car window. maybe it does not work there, but let's go back to my example at midnight at the drive-through. if somebody is ordering $200 worth of gift cards at $100 worth of hamburgers, i may be suspicious about the transaction. for me to have that choice, the pin has to be on the project, which is not the roadmap we have chosen the u.s. i think it is...
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that is not always the best solution in all of the environment's. i would like to state the cost per death, they develop our budget estimating in our bureau when we build the budget whether it is standard embassy design budget excellent initiative project they tell us historically for this many people in this environment, that is what your budget is, we're going to work to the same budget and the excellence initiative, or under the standard embassy design. >> sally -- in other words, what you are going to say is circumstances change, we have new technology. and better materials, all of those things, i don't know anything about buildings, it was changing but box. you may look at the box but you are forever changing -- you don't take into consideration but it may be changed substantially. you are talking about a brand new box, period. >> i would say that it depends. for looking at a large mission, to have the standard embassy design and could that in place would not be efficient. london is a bit example in the case that not only are we building a cube
that is not always the best solution in all of the environment's. i would like to state the cost per death, they develop our budget estimating in our bureau when we build the budget whether it is standard embassy design budget excellent initiative project they tell us historically for this many people in this environment, that is what your budget is, we're going to work to the same budget and the excellence initiative, or under the standard embassy design. >> sally -- in other words, what...
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we are moving to try to change the environment so we are changing the school environment. we are changing the environment in the streets. if you go now to mexico city you will see that the streets are close so there are a lot of things that are pushing the activity. on the other hand we are also trying to make our neighborhoods more safe so people can do more physical activity. so we are focused mostly on the environment. we have also done some education to promote nutrition literacy in our children in order to increase the likelihood that they take care of their choice. we have not been very successful. for example of very effective way of changing behavior sec here in new york with the food food -- and you can make your position. in mexico we face enormous resistance from industry. >> maybe you could learn from the successes we have had with labeling here and we can learn from how you are able to actually tax sugar beverages which has been a challenge throughout this country. >> that is what i'm speaking about. >> let's move to louisville if we can, as city where i read
we are moving to try to change the environment so we are changing the school environment. we are changing the environment in the streets. if you go now to mexico city you will see that the streets are close so there are a lot of things that are pushing the activity. on the other hand we are also trying to make our neighborhoods more safe so people can do more physical activity. so we are focused mostly on the environment. we have also done some education to promote nutrition literacy in our...
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it's dynamic as the why array of actors driving this environment. those actors of located across africa, asia, the middle east, and increasingly reach into the west, even into the united states. the emergence of iraq and syria as extremist battlefields, and isil's related expansion and reach has brought about changes in that terrorism landscape. the emergence of new groups since 2011 has also altered the threat pictures, as most of the groups are focused on achieves -- we're also experiencing a new level of specialization and fragmentation within that larger terrorism landscape. we believe we might be enter into an era in which the leadership groups matters than it did previously. we may be entering a time in which group affiliation and identity is more fluid, and strippist narratives are more focused and as paris showed us this may also be a time when personal connections by individual terrorists may be more relevant to their plotting. even in this dynamic and increasingly complex threat environment, i still believe it's possible to differentiate t
it's dynamic as the why array of actors driving this environment. those actors of located across africa, asia, the middle east, and increasingly reach into the west, even into the united states. the emergence of iraq and syria as extremist battlefields, and isil's related expansion and reach has brought about changes in that terrorism landscape. the emergence of new groups since 2011 has also altered the threat pictures, as most of the groups are focused on achieves -- we're also experiencing a...
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i was appalled at that environment. so the main question of how can we be assured that this doesn't happen elsewhere in the agency is one of great importance to me. i'll point to two things, it is not a culture within usgs. the two things i'll point the department of interior. we look at our federal viewpoint survey results, we consistently score higher and these results are used to evaluate employee engagement and employee satisfaction. those results are consistently higher than the department and consistently higher than the government overall. however, those are just statistics. even one instance of hostile environment or sexual harassment is one too many. so our job is how do we ensure -- how do we ensure we have a workplace where people feel safe and are comfortable bringing issues forward of this nature and not be afraid of any type of retaliation or retribution. so in doing that, we take it very seriously and we're undertaking a number of things that's happening. first, all the executives in the usgs have attende
i was appalled at that environment. so the main question of how can we be assured that this doesn't happen elsewhere in the agency is one of great importance to me. i'll point to two things, it is not a culture within usgs. the two things i'll point the department of interior. we look at our federal viewpoint survey results, we consistently score higher and these results are used to evaluate employee engagement and employee satisfaction. those results are consistently higher than the department...
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aggressive environments. and, you know, the more women there are in a workplace or in an economics department, the more collaborative and supportive it tends to be towards women. having more women actually changes the culture. i was president of the american economic association last year and we did a study -- we surveyed women in the field to try to understand the culture and why there were so few women. and the results were really startling. they showed a huge amount of discrimination against women. that people felt harassed. they felt the environment was often aggressive. they change their behavior in ways that enabled them to survive it, but were probably not good for their careers. and so one of the things that we did in response to this, we realized there's a culture problem in the profession and we need to change the culture. and we set up a task force on best practices and tried to give concrete suggestions to how leaders, like ourselves in institutions like ours who are in academic departments, what
aggressive environments. and, you know, the more women there are in a workplace or in an economics department, the more collaborative and supportive it tends to be towards women. having more women actually changes the culture. i was president of the american economic association last year and we did a study -- we surveyed women in the field to try to understand the culture and why there were so few women. and the results were really startling. they showed a huge amount of discrimination against...
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admiral richardson: it is a dynamic environment and the technological environment is changing rapidly. we have to become more agile in our ack which situation systems to stay competitive in that realm. but with the support of this committee and with congress and the innovation of the navy, we will do that but as you said some of our readiness -- we are still recovering from the effects of the 2013 sequestration as we continue to build our readiness backed up so we have global responses to the contingencies. senator cotton: without adequate support from this congress, our military advantage as it relates to our navy, may, in fact, may be begin to erode? admiral richardson: yes, sir. senator cotton: i hope we give you support to modernize our fleet and continue to be the forward deployed force. admiral richardson: i look forward to working with you. senator mccain: we will here from senator kaine. senator kaine: you've got a big day saturday. the launch of the uss john warner virginia class suband former chair of this committee and wonderful colleague. and that's a great program actuall
admiral richardson: it is a dynamic environment and the technological environment is changing rapidly. we have to become more agile in our ack which situation systems to stay competitive in that realm. but with the support of this committee and with congress and the innovation of the navy, we will do that but as you said some of our readiness -- we are still recovering from the effects of the 2013 sequestration as we continue to build our readiness backed up so we have global responses to the...